Business and Entrepreneurship
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Business and Entrepreneurship Summer Courses
Explore how businesses develop, compete and turn ideas into opportunities with Atlas Summer Courses. Our two-week Business and Entrepreneurship summer courses, available for students aged 13–15, 16–17 and 18–24, give you the opportunity to investigate how organisations operate and how entrepreneurial ideas can be developed.
Through academic teaching and independent study, you'll explore business decisions, strategy and entrepreneurship while developing your ability to analyse problems, evaluate opportunities and communicate your ideas effectively.
What's Included?
Your residential Business and Entrepreneurship summer course includes academic teaching, accommodation, meals, a certificate on completion, airport transfer from Heathrow and insurance.
Choose from Plus, Superior and Premier packages, with accommodation and additional benefits varying by package.
Why Study Business and Entrepreneurship Together?
Business explores how organisations operate, make decisions and create value. Entrepreneurship focuses on identifying opportunities and developing ideas into viable ventures.
Studying the subjects together allows you to examine both established organisations and the process of creating something new. You might consider how businesses understand their customers, compete within markets, make strategic decisions or respond when circumstances change.
Entrepreneurship adds another perspective by asking how an initial idea can be evaluated, developed and communicated. It can involve thinking about the problem a business aims to solve, who its customers might be and what would make its proposition distinctive.
A Business and Entrepreneurship summer course gives you the opportunity to explore these ideas and develop a more analytical understanding of how businesses and entrepreneurs approach opportunities and challenges.
What Will You Study on a Business and Entrepreneurship Summer Course?
There is no prescribed syllabus that every student follows. Atlas Summer Courses tutors create their own syllabi, drawing on their expertise while taking the interests, abilities and learning needs of their students into account.
Depending on your course and age group, you could explore areas such as entrepreneurship, business strategy, marketing, leadership, innovation, decision-making or developing a business idea.
You might consider questions such as:
- What makes a business idea viable?
- How do entrepreneurs identify opportunities?
- Why do some businesses succeed while others struggle?
- How do businesses understand and respond to their customers?
- What makes a competitive strategy effective?
- How can an idea be developed into a convincing business proposition?
The depth and approach will reflect the age group you're studying with. Tutors can also develop the course around their own areas of expertise and the interests of their students.
Any syllabus shown on our website is an example from a previous course rather than a guarantee of the exact topics you'll study.
How You'll Learn on a Business and Entrepreneurship Summer Course
How you'll study Business and Entrepreneurship depends on your age group, with each programme designed to provide an appropriate level of academic challenge and independence.
Ages 13–15
24 hours of small-group seminars
You'll take part in eight seminars where you'll explore business and entrepreneurial ideas through interactive discussion, case studies and activities. You'll be encouraged to analyse problems, consider different approaches and explain the reasoning behind your decisions.
12 hours of private study
Between seminars, you'll complete independent work that could involve reading, researching a business question, analysing a case study or preparing a presentation.
Ages 16–17 and 18–24
18 hours of small-group seminars
You'll take part in six three-hour seminars, exploring business and entrepreneurship through discussion, case studies and activities.
2 hours of tutorials
You'll have one tutorial each week, providing a focused environment in which to discuss the essay or problem sheet you've been working on and receive detailed feedback.
Around 20 hours of private study
You'll complete reading in preparation for seminars and work independently on an essay or problem sheet for each tutorial.
Across all age groups, you'll be encouraged to participate actively, approach business challenges from different perspectives and develop the confidence to communicate and defend your own ideas.
Who Are Our Business and Entrepreneurship Summer Courses For?
Our Business and Entrepreneurship summer courses are designed for students who are curious about how businesses work and how ideas can be turned into opportunities.
You don't need previous business or entrepreneurial experience. The courses may particularly appeal to you if you're interested in business, startups, innovation, leadership or understanding what goes into developing and growing an organisation.
You'll develop transferable skills including analytical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, independent study and evaluating different approaches to a challenge.
If you're interested in related subjects, you can also explore our Business and Economics summer courses, Economics summer courses and Leadership summer courses.
Learn from Expert Tutors
Atlas Summer Courses tutors are experienced educators and subject specialists active across academia, industry and education.
They bring their own academic expertise and interests into their teaching and have the freedom to shape their syllabus around both their specialism and the students in their group. This allows each Business and Entrepreneurship summer course to explore different business challenges, ideas and approaches while maintaining an appropriate level of academic challenge.
Tutors are confirmed closer to the summer, so profiles on our website are examples of tutors who have previously taught with us rather than confirmation of who will teach your course.
Where Can Business and Entrepreneurship Take You?
Business and Entrepreneurship connect with a wide range of subjects and future pathways.
Students interested in these areas may go on to study business, management or entrepreneurship, as well as related subjects such as economics, finance, marketing or innovation.
The analytical, communication and problem-solving skills associated with Business and Entrepreneurship can also support future paths across entrepreneurship, management, consulting, marketing, finance, technology and a wide range of other industries.
A Business and Entrepreneurship summer course gives you the opportunity to explore these interests before making longer-term academic decisions and discover which areas of business and entrepreneurship interest you most.
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FAQs about Our Summer Courses
No. You don't usually need to have studied your chosen subject before joining an Atlas Summer Courses summer course. Courses are designed for the relevant age group, and tutors can adapt their approach to the abilities, interests and experience of the students in their group.
There is no fixed curriculum that every student follows. Our tutors create their own syllabi based on their academic expertise and the interests and learning needs of their students.
This means the exact topics can vary between courses and years. Any syllabus or topics shown on our website are examples from previous courses and shouldn't be taken as a guarantee of exactly what you'll study.
Teaching depends on your age group. Students aged 9–12 and Scholars aged 12–14 learn through structured, interactive small-group classes. Students aged 13–15 combine small-group seminars with private study, while students aged 16–17 and 18–24 experience seminars, tutorials and independent study.
Across our programmes, teaching is designed to encourage active participation, questioning and independent thinking rather than simply listening to lectures.
Your course includes your academic programme, accommodation, meals and a certificate on completion, alongside the activities and experiences included within your programme.
What's included can vary depending on the programme, age group and package you choose, so we recommend checking the individual course details for the full inclusions before applying.
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